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Monday, June 10, 2013  Missouri has received a federal grant to test a new type of road treatment intended to keep cars from slipping off highways when it rains or snows.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013  The University of Missouri-Kansas City has received a $1.3 million, five-year federal grant.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  Two Missouri schools are among several historically black colleges and universities nationwide receiving grants from the U.S. Department of Education.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  Eleven hospitals in rural Missouri will share $262,000 in federal grants to help speed up their Internet connections.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012  The grant from the National Institute on Aging will go toward building on new evidence about how bones and muscles communicate and could lead to new ways to treat aging bones and muscles.

Thursday, February 17, 2011  The Lake of the Ozarks watershed alliance, LOWA has received a $740,000 federal grant to attack the problem of non-point source pollution at the lake.

Sunday, September 12, 2010  A program aimed at helping Boone County inmates get jobs when they're released from prison has been awarded a federal grant.

Friday, July 02, 2010  Missouri is receiving nearly $1.3 million from the federal government to help retrain workers.

Thursday, April 22, 2010  Kansas City has been awarded a $20 million federal grant that will be used for a new program to improve energy efficiency in specific neighborhoods.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010  Two prisoner re-entry programs in Missouri have been awarded $2.9 million each in federal grants.